Gurry-comb



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ED\VARD C. IIEMPEL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CURRY-COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,269, dated June 16,1891.

Application filed August 14, 1890. Serial No. 362,025. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. HEMPEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of ayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawcleaned, all as more fully hereinafter de-' scribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view-of my improvedcurry-comb. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section thereof,and Fig. 3 is a vertical central crosssection.

A is the back, formed of sheet metal, slightly bent to give a convexupper face. The outer edge of this plate has formed upon it the flangel3, beneath which is clamped the flange 0 upon the outer blade D. Thisblade D is formed of a single strip of sheet metal, secured at the edgeof the back, forming a blade of the same elliptical shape as the backitself. WVithin this outer blade are the semicircular blades E E, havingtheir ends secured to the outer blade by rivets. Centrally of the backis secured a circular blade F, likewise secured at each side to theouter blade and stayed by the cross-stay G. This stay is secured at itsends to the blade F, and centrally secured by the clips II to the back.The center blade F is cut away or raised at its lower edge from theback, leaving the passage (1, and the stay G is similarly raised,forming the passage I), through which the dust can freely pass. I is asuitable handle secured to the back. The effect of securing these platesupon the convex surface of the back is to give a convex plane to theedges of the blades.

In using a curry-comb the movement of the hand carries the brush throughan arc of a circle, and by curving the blades as I do, no matter whatline they are moved on, there is a cleaning-blade presented at rightangles to the line of movement. The inner blades, being at the highestpoint on the back, do most of the work, and the dust collecting therecan be cleaned out with little trouble, there being no corners for it tolodge in.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. A curry-comb consisting of aconvexed back having a flange on the outer edge, a blade on the outeredge of the back secured thereto by the flange, semi-elliptical bladessecured to the outer blade at opposite ends of the comb, and a circularcentral blade secured to the outer blade above the back, thereby forminga space between the same and back, substantially as described.

2. A curry-comb having a back, a verticalv blade secured to the outeredge thereof, a circular central blade having a cut-away under edge, anda cross-stay rigidly secured to the back and the circular blade andhaving a cutaway under edge, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD o. HEMPEL.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, P. M. HULBERT.

